Red Hood: The Lost Days
Red Hood: The Lost Days
All-Star Comics #68 was the single issue that hooked me. I was very young and more familiar with 'Super Friends' than the 'Justice League' proper, yet I was thrilled. An alternate universe; ageing heroes; Power Girl; Commissioner Wayne!; a team split down the middle!
A few years later, COIE was explained as a necessary simplification of the DCU. Well, at 7 years of age, I coped just fine!
The first comic I read was The Death's Head Knight by John Byrne , and still have it .The comic that hooked me was Warlord issue 2 . Just loved the sci-fi and continue enjoy reading and collecting . Took a brake from collecting for a while to raise a family and got back into it a few years ago . And finished a few runs that I was into in the 80's . Ie Iro man and Conan .
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Superman calling Clark Kent a liar? I had to know more. For the next few years, Cary Bates was my favourite writer and Curt Swan my favourite artist.
My firsts were a pair of coverless Joe Kubert comics, Tarzan 208 and Our Army at War 195. (My mother threw them out overnight, but I was still hooked.
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It still is, and I was surprised to read the latest comics, which are a fairly standard but surprisingly well-done sci-fi action story. You can see it here; http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20140416
This is from the guy who gave us gems like this;
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/loss-e...ltdel-parodies
So, I came to comics quite late—I was certainly older than most here—and recently. Like many adult converts (and many ladies, I'd come to discover), I first discovered the graphic medium through Gaiman's Sandman collected editions. I was 18 or so. The first time I ever walked into a comics store also came at the instigation of a novelist. Two years ago I bought China Miéville's Dial H #1 from DC's second wave of New 52 titles. Though it's already been cancelled after its unconventional and generally unrecognized, if exceptional and truly unique, run, it launched me as a fan of the medium.
My dad was and is still into Comics.. he had a bunch of these in the attic and he actually let me draw and color in them.. I don't think they were ever extremely valuable but they were extremely fun.
"In any time, there will always be a need for heroes." - the Time Trapper, Legion of Superheroes #61(1994)
"What can I say? I guess I outgrew maturity.." - Bob Chipman
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First comic I ever bought and read. I got it for 1 dollar and thought it was the coolest thing ever.
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After many years this panel still remains to be single favorite in all of the X-men universe.
Spider-Boy #1. I saw it at a 7-11 when I was in 4th grade. Hey, I was a 90s kid! I loved those pouches though. I wonder if I still have it somewhere.
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The earliest comics I remember owning were Australian reprints of Marvel titles. My favourites were the Avengers
My love of DC's Golden Age characters came from Super Adventure Comics #61. This reprinted a few stories, but the one that really stood out for me was "The Unknown Soldier of Victory", the JLA/JSA/Seven Soldiers team-up from JLA 100. I loved the JSA and couldn't get enough of those JLA/JSA crossovers.
But the comic that made me a lifelong fan and stopped me from quitting when I was about 8 years old was New Gods. I found 10 of the 11 Kirby issues for $1 a piece at my LCS and was completely blown away.